Advocacy Shelter Report archive
Read Habitat for Humanity’s past Shelter Reports from 2008 to 2017.
Read Habitat for Humanity’s past Shelter Reports from 2008 to 2017.
Each year since 2007, the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree on display in New York City is milled and donated to Habitat for Humanity to use in construction projects. Lumber from the 2022 tree was used to build a deck and planter boxes at Sarah’s Habitat home in Corinth, New York.
In 2017, the Carters helped 150 families build and improve places they can call home as Canada celebrated its 150th anniversary.
Learn about Habitat’s homeownership process and family selection qualifications. Habitat does not give away houses; instead, future homeowners partner with local affiliates and volunteers to build or rehabilitate a home and pay an affordable mortgage.
Since 1984, President and Mrs. Carter have been champions and groudbreaking voices for affordable, decent housing for all, donating their time and leadership each year to build and improve homes through Habitat’s Carter Work Project.
Forty-one families will experience the life-changing effects of building and owning a decent, affordable home, thanks in part to these Platinum Sponsors.
Each donation given by UL employees through our internal giving site will be matched dollar-for-dollar by Underwriters Laboratories.
Financial support and housing programs from federal agencies like the U.S. Department of Agriculture can have a major impact on the number of families Habitat affiliates can partner with. For North St. Louis County Habitat in rural Minnesota, USDA funding has helped the affiliate increase their affordable homebuilding.
Andersen Corporation employees are committed to helping advance affordable housing in their local community as volunteers at Habitat’s Carter Work Project in Minnesota’s Twin Cities.